The World's Columbian Exposition 1893. Chicago, U.S.A. 1893
Official Catalogue With Illustrations issued by the Royal Danish Commission

HISTORICAL NOTES 157 As may be seen from this statement it is owing to the efforts of the Copenhagen Industrial Union that Denmark is now represented at the Exposition. That it is the industry only that is mentioned here is due to difficulties that arose when the Union attempted to have art and agriculture repre- sented as well, and that were so great as to force the Union to give up these attempts. Later on, however, the fine arts were added. The committee of artists named above (p. 4) was elected at a general meeting of artists, and was then authorized by the Danish Government which has granted it a support of Kr. 25,000 ($ 6720). Denmark will thus, at the great rendezvous, be represented by its art as well as by its industry, a fact that was greeted with joy by all, and especially so by the Copenhagen Industrial Union that is always working in good understanding with the representatives of the other employments in Denmark, as may be seen from a glance at its history. The Copenhagen Industrial Union was established in 1838, at a time when, following on the great economic calamities that befell Denmark in the beginning of this century, a new life began to rouse the population of the country. Wealth had returned, and with wealth an increasing public spirit, so that even the absolute government, that ruled Denmark till 1849, deemed advisable the introduction of a consultative assembly of the estates. The industrious classes, in particular, got a great push forward by the establishment of the College of Engineering in 1829, and it was only natural that the joining together of the manufacturers, from the different branches of industry, into the Industrial Union nine years afterwards should take place under engineering guidance. H. C. Ørsted was one of the promoters; here as everywhere